UNIT 35 Contextual Influences Research

Contextual Influences Research 

Unit 5:P2

Now you have been given your brief and the theme of the project you are asked to research historical and contemporary photographers.

Use the internet and the library to research black and white perspective photography. 

Find an historical (up to and including 1950s) and contemporary (1960s onwards) photographer using both research sources that has used perspective to great effect.

Find one image for each photographer and analyse the images stating how you think they have been created.

In your analysis include:

1.     How was the image taken? (Conventional or digital, long shutter speed or fast shutter speed, composition, angle).

2.     What type of perspective has been used within the image? How can you tell this?

3.     Why do you think the photographer used this particular type of perspective? (draws attention to a particular part of the image, adds importance to a subject)

4.     When was the image created? Do you think this has had an effect on the way the image was created? 

Remember to reference your work, use the table to help you. 

	Image title	Photographer	Year created	Book title and shelf mark / website
Library 1  (Historical)	Mount Fuji	Koyo Okada	1950	Photography & Architecture (779.72 DEM)
Library 2  (Contemporary)	Untitled Film Still #48	Cindy Sherman	1979	The photograph as contemporary art. (770 COT)
Internet 1  (Historical)	The Hand of Man	Alfred Stieglitz	1902	Inaugural issue of Camera Work.
Internet 2  (Contemporary)	The Tetons and the Snake River	Ansel Adams	1942	Voyager Golden Record.